THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
MATT DILLON TO LEAD NEW MGM+ SERIES
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| Matt Dillon is taking Yul Brynner's role |
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| Matt Dillon is taking Yul Brynner's role |
We're going British today, people, and first off news coming from the sequel or prequel of Helen Mirren's popular TV series PRIME SUSPECT in which she played police officer Jane Tennison for almost ten years. ITV is preparing a prequel series TENNISON in which lovely Stefanie Martini, whom we loved this spring as the star of DOCTOR THORNE, will play the young Tennison. Our equally beloved Sam Reid (Hatfields and McCoys, Belle) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) will also star in the six episode series as her superiors. The story portrays the young Tennison at the
beginning of her career, revealing how and why she became such a complex and formidable character in the Metropolitan Police. We shall also watch Martini in Tarsem's EMERALD CITY TV series next year.
Meanwhile, BBC has revealed the first photos for another prequel to
an all time classic - for their TV movie special on legendary TV sitcom
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES which will air probably in the festive season.
This time Kerry Howard will play the young Hyacinth Bucket who was
originally so utterly masterfully played by beloved Patricia Routledge!
One of Europe's favourite sitcom's followed the snobbish Hyacinth whose
opinion of her own standing in the society, much higher than it ever
should've been, kept her getting involved in all kinds of hilarious
every day situations. The one hour
special follows Hyacinth as a young
maid in the 1950s, as she attempts to prove that she's better than her
lower-class family. Katie Redford, Katherine Pearce, Mark Addy, Kerry
Howard and Tamla Kari also star in the prequel.
Sony has released today the second trailer for yet another remake, this time for famous western classic THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN which will bang its way into cinemas at the end of September.
New posters day today at the spy's lair, people, starting with utterly hilarious new ones for the fifth instalment in the super popular animated saga ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE which should bring some icy refreshment to the cinemas July 22nd although the slogan says: kiss your ice goodbye :) Ray Romano, Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Wanda Sykes and Keke Palmer return to their beloved voice roles!
transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, the
trio Manny, Diego and Sid and the rest of the herd as well leave their
home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows,
laughter and adventure while travelling to exotic new lands and
encountering a host of colorful new characters.
A new poster has also been released for the latest Hollywood remake, this time for classic western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN which this time includes Chris Pratt, Matt Bomer, Cam Gigandet, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Byung Hun Lee and Denzel Washington. It will bang its way into cinemas this September. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the
town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
looks and still holding down a career. However she's over worked, over committed and exhausted to the point that she's about to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other over stressed moms and all go on a quest
to liberate themselves from conventional responsibilities, going on a wild un-mom like binge of freedom, fun and self indulgence - putting them on a collision course with PTA Queen Bee Gwendolyn and her clique of devoted perfect moms.
Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney! In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasising about the seemingly perfect couple who
live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds. 
hired guns. The Magnificent Seven are Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks
(Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier).
As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is
coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than
money.
THE MAGNIFI= CENT SEVEN and he is set to play the husband of Haley Bennett's character, the woman who hires seven mysterious gunmen to protect her town from a gang of bandits, lead by a nefarious robber baron. Earlier this week I informed you that Jason Momoa has joined the cast which already has Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Luke Grimes, Vicent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee and Denzel Washington. Antoine Fuqua is directing!
Meanwhile, another fun historical series that awaits us is WILL over
at TNT and TBS! As 'Deadline' reports the ten episode series will
revolve around a young William Shakespeare and it will be told in
raucous style by Craig Pearce, the longtime writing partner of auteur filmmaker Baz Luhrmann who
worked with him on MOULIN ROUGE and ROMEO AND JULIET. It is a period
drama with a hip soundtrack, contemporary shooting style and edgy
production design.
heroes alone are not enough the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening,
time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat
— one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have
ever known? Brandon Routh as The Atom, Dominic Purcell as Heat Wave, Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold, Caity Lotz as White Canary and Ciara Renee as Hawkgirl star!
Deadline reports today that the latest actors to join the remake of MAGNIFICENT SEVEN are Aquaman Jason Momoa and Byung-hun Lee. They will join Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Haley Bennett, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Luke Grimes in the story about a young woman (Haley Bennett), who hires seven gunslingers to protect her small town from a group of treacherous bandits. Antoine Fuqua is directing the remake of the legendary Western which was itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI.
When it comes to movie adaptations, 'Variety' reports that Warner
Bros. and Greg Berlanti will adapt INFINITE HORIZON graphic novel from
Gerry Duggan into a movie. Based on THE ODYSSEY the story follows a
soldier with no name, who ends up stranded on the other side of the
world after a massive war that spanned several years finally comes to an
end. The unnamed soldier embarks on his journey home, where he
encounters shipwrecks and enemies such as the massive Cyclops and the
seductive Sirens.
Meanwhile, SyFy plans to adapt Aldous
Huxley's sf classic BRAVE NEW WORLD into TV series. The book is set in
a world without poverty, war or disease. In this world, humans are
given mind altering drugs, free sex and rampant consumerism are the
order of the day and people no longer reproduce but are genetically
engineered in “hatcheries”. Those who won’t conform are forced onto
“reservations” – until one of these “savages” challenges the system,
threatening the entire social order.
Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Elizabeth Banks! Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, MAGIC MIKE XXL finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them. On the road to their final show, with whistle stops
in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways.